COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTIONA group of hop-heads and publicans challenged our Beer Camp (#19) brewers to push the extremes of whole-cone hop brewing. The result is this: a 100 IBU, whole-cone hurricane of flavor. Simply put- Hoptimum: the biggest whole-cone IPA we have ever produced. Aggressively hopped, dry-hopped and torpedoed with our exclusive new hop varieties for ultra-intense flavors and aromas.

Hops, hops and more hops are the stars of this big, whole-cone Imperial IPA. Resinous ‘new-school’ and exclusive hop varieties carry the bold and aromatic nose. The flavor follows the aroma with layers of aggressive hoppiness, featuring notes of grapefruit rind, rose, lilac, cedar and tropical fruit – all culminating in a dry and lasting finish.

Sierra Nevada
Hoptimum
Holy fucking hops. Pours coppery golden with a medium white head and ok retention. Medium lacing and oily appearance. Aroma is an awesome hop explosion. Fuck, this shit could pucker your asshole from ten feet. Pine resin and citrus hops all over the place. Yummo. Flavor is boozy and super hoppy with more citrus and pine resin notes. Clean finish , but bitter as shit. One of the best hop bombs I have ever had. Bravo Sierra Nevada! A real winner!

24 oz bottle: Pours a clear copper color with a light, small tan head. The aroma isn’t as hop driven as some of the other double IPAs I’ve sampled. The aroma is largely driven by malt but I do get some sweet citrus on the nose. The taste is slightly sweet, probably the malt and finishes bitter. The mouth feel is medium heavy but it fits the style. I liked this better the first time I tried this and it’s not bad now but the hops don’t pop the way I remember. Great effort by SN.

US Pint bottle, mybrewerytap.com. Wonderful grassy, oily hop aroma. Very fresh, excellent tingle on the tongue, warming, full-flavoured, with traces of caramel. Dryness on the back of the throat, doesn’t linger massively. Great mouthfeel.

Bottle, thanks to curly. Really had a serious jones for SNPA today, but sadly the closest place in Montana that sells it is 2 and a half hours away. PLEASE start selling the Pale Ale in Alberta! It’s just over the line in B.C. For crying out loud! Pours clear amber, orange hue, thick off-white head, great lacing, insanely sticky. Nose is honeyed malt, big grapefruit pith, some nondescript pine notes too, some florals. Damn fine smelling beer! Flavours of grapefruit, very intensely bitter, big mouthfeel, almost to the point of astringency. Some navel orange notes, melded with the sweet malt, can come off a bit like marmalade. Rather warm and spicy, and lightly astringent in the finish. Nice, but not exactly a game-changer.

Pours a lustrous hazy copper-orange color with a medium off-white head that diminishes slowly. Rings of lacing on the glass. Citrus, floral hops and malt in the nose. Medium body with a moderately bitter hops flavor that has grapefruit and herbal characteristics. Caramel malt undercurrent throughout, as well as floral notes. The finish is fruity, both citrus and tropical, with a hoppy aftertaste. Well done all around.

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